WOW! That was a fantastic blog! It's so true! Between twitter, flickr and myspace I've been exposed to a whole new world of communication! It's pretty amazing!
I found this blog post via your tweet!
Ryan Evans
· 1 year ago
I wonder how much the success of your examples depends on the culture of twitter and the type of people using the tool. I could post similar questions/requests on Facebook, but probably wouldn't get such thoughtful responses. Maybe on LinkedIn...
On the other hand, you could argue that each of us has the opportunity to construct our own culture and group of contacts with any of these platforms.
- rhino88888888
Liz
· 1 year ago
Twitter introduced me to a lot of wonderful, new people who live relatively close to me...and who love to sing!
Now I just have to get my off-line friends to create accounts but, like you say, it is hard to explain Twitter to people and why it is so great. I'm not as sure as you are whether it will take off outside of the Tech/Marketing/Business community because everyone I know says they are too busy (work + family) to keep up the pace of one social network, much less multiple socials networks unless it is part of their job.
It would be great if they did sign up to Twitter because I'm finding friends are emailing less and less because of work demands. They've grown disenchanted with email, IM and are even using their cellphones less for casual calls.
It might be a generational thing though. Most of my friends have kids and their activities fill almost all of their spare time.
Martha
· 1 year ago
Well, I know absolutely not one friend one who twitters. It's likely a function of some things already mentioned..demographic, location, time constraints and of course, who the heck would I twitter with!
I agree it is a great tool, and can absolutely see the potential for mass use. I just have to wait for some critical mass adoption.
Super post. Thanks.
Alex de Carvalho
· 1 year ago
It would be impossible to count the many ways Twitter has impacted my life! It was a pleasure meeting you and I hope we'll see you more often in Miami ;) Im glad you enjoyed the tweetup. It was nice to have it in the middle of the long weekend, and Monty's is a fun and relaxed place. See you soon again!
Brian Christiansen
· 1 year ago
Hey Whitney, so you are coming to UI13? As a volunteer? I look forward to meeting you there :-)
Till then, see you on the interwebs… Brian @ UIE
Jonathan Dingman
· 1 year ago
Twitter hasn't just changed my life, it revolutionized my life.
Twitter has become a quint essential to my life because it keeps me connected with people I need to stay connected to.
When I describe Twitter, I call it a communication tool or platform. It really is a micro-blogging platform that has hyper-interaction built into it.
I love Twitter.
Jonathan Kash
· 1 year ago
Great post, Whitney. Twitter is indeed revolutionary!
How has it changed my life? Opportunities to connect with new people, old friends and a better ability to keep a pulse on "stuff" to name a few.
Oh, I also found my new job through a tweet from @jowyang. :-)
Walt Ribeiro
· 1 year ago
Remember when you tweeted help about strumming guitar? Tell me you got those videos Whitney. tell me Twitter didn't fail to send 'em to you... ^_^
Twitter is great. i'm a big fan - awesome Blog Post!
Mark Drapeau
· 1 year ago
Twitter has completely changed my job description. I have gone from being "narrowly" focused on biology to moving into an entirely new research area, how Social Software can help Security (S3).
Twitter has also changed how I communicate with people and learn daily. I learned about Tim Russert passing away and many other things through Twitter. I've met lots of people. I've killed a lot of time.
Twitter is the kind of technology that needs to be shown and not told. I have gotten the stubbon hooked, and the really stubbon to understand through Blackberry demos and the like. You cannot put it into words well enough.
moon
· 1 year ago
Twitter is many things to many people.
Blogging changed my life, but I blog within a niche and Twitter has a more diverse audience.
sh3n3rd
· 1 year ago
Twitter has been a great experience for me so far..I think it's been a week now!! I haven't gotten a lot of direct replies to things but I'm just not as cool as you. LOL Seriously though it's like having a huge random conversation with 50 people, or maybe like thinking out loud? Like you, I tend to be very shy about introducing myself in public and maybe my digital life is bigger than my real one....ha ha But I have been reading and following so many fascinating and brilliant people. It's giving me hope that I can actually take some of the ideas that I have and bring them to fruition...especially as it pertains to escaping my corporate enslavement and making a career that is more dynamic and centers around what I have true passion for. Like I said, I wanna be Whitney when I grow up!!!
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I found this blog post via your tweet!
On the other hand, you could argue that each of us has the opportunity to construct our own culture and group of contacts with any of these platforms.
- rhino88888888
Now I just have to get my off-line friends to create accounts but, like you say, it is hard to explain Twitter to people and why it is so great. I'm not as sure as you are whether it will take off outside of the Tech/Marketing/Business community because everyone I know says they are too busy (work + family) to keep up the pace of one social network, much less multiple socials networks unless it is part of their job.
It would be great if they did sign up to Twitter because I'm finding friends are emailing less and less because of work demands. They've grown disenchanted with email, IM and are even using their cellphones less for casual calls.
It might be a generational thing though. Most of my friends have kids and their activities fill almost all of their spare time.
I agree it is a great tool, and can absolutely see the potential for mass use. I just have to wait for some critical mass adoption.
Super post. Thanks.
Till then, see you on the interwebs…
Brian @ UIE
Twitter has become a quint essential to my life because it keeps me connected with people I need to stay connected to.
When I describe Twitter, I call it a communication tool or platform. It really is a micro-blogging platform that has hyper-interaction built into it.
I love Twitter.
How has it changed my life? Opportunities to connect with new people, old friends and a better ability to keep a pulse on "stuff" to name a few.
Oh, I also found my new job through a tweet from @jowyang. :-)
Twitter is great. i'm a big fan - awesome Blog Post!
Twitter has also changed how I communicate with people and learn daily. I learned about Tim Russert passing away and many other things through Twitter. I've met lots of people. I've killed a lot of time.
Twitter is the kind of technology that needs to be shown and not told. I have gotten the stubbon hooked, and the really stubbon to understand through Blackberry demos and the like. You cannot put it into words well enough.
Blogging changed my life, but I blog within a niche and Twitter has a more diverse audience.